• Arkansas police officers suspended after a video shows brutal beating

    Arkansas police officers suspended after a video shows brutal beating

    Aug 22, 2022 10:50 PM EST

    ... of force policies, added body cameras, created de-escalation training for officers, and it just did not matter when it came to the killing of George Floyd. Amna Nawaz: You mentioned George Floyd. And I think the big question is, if that killing wasn't a transformative moment, then what ...

  • 3 Arkansas cops suspended after beating video circulates on social media

    3 Arkansas cops suspended after beating video circulates on social media

    Aug 22, 2022 01:46 PM EST

    ... Bryant said. Cellphone video of often-violent police interactions has put a spotlight on officer conduct in recent years, particularly since the 2020 killing of George Floyd while he was being arrested by police in Minneapolis. The resulting nationwide protests called attention to officer brutality that often targets Black Americans ...

  • American cities, states can't find enough workers despite an influx of federal funding

    American cities, states can't find enough workers despite an influx of federal funding

    Aug 18, 2022 10:25 PM EST

    Their social groups were probably questioning, based upon the dialogue that was going on, the role of police and its legitimacy. Catherine Rampell: The work has always been stressful and polarizing. But, today, it's even harder to recruit applicants. Jeff Shrader: From 2019, pre-pandemic, pre-George Floyd, up ...

  • Former Minneapolis cops Thao and Kueng say they rejected plea deal in Floyd killing

    Former Minneapolis cops Thao and Kueng say they rejected plea deal in Floyd killing

    Aug 15, 2022 03:17 PM EST

    MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two former Minneapolis police officers charged in George Floyd's killing told a judge Monday that they have rejected plea deals that would have resulted in three-year prison sentences, setting the stage for trial in October. Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng are charged with aiding and ...

  • Tim Walz, Scott Jensen win primaries to set up Minnesota governor race

    Tim Walz, Scott Jensen win primaries to set up Minnesota governor race

    Aug 10, 2022 02:12 AM EST

    ... year, assaults and burglaries are rising. Republicans have blamed Walz for a sluggish National Guard mobilization they say enabled the sometimes violent protests that followed George Floyd's killing in 2020, including arson that destroyed a police precinct. Walz has dismissed “second-guessing” of his moves during the pandemic, which ...

  • 2022 Minnesota Primary Election Results

    2022 Minnesota Primary Election Results

    Aug 08, 2022 08:42 PM EST

    ... year, assaults and burglaries are rising. Republicans have blamed Walz for a sluggish National Guard mobilization they say enabled the sometimes violent protests that followed George Floyd's killing in 2020, including arson that destroyed a police precinct. Walz has dismissed “second-guessing” of his moves during the pandemic, which ...

  • Father and son who chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery gets life sentence for federal hate crime

    Father and son who chased and shot Ahmaud Arbery gets life sentence for federal hate crime

    Aug 08, 2022 04:15 PM EST

    ... he’s Black,” Wood said. Arbery’s killing became part of a larger national reckoning over racial injustice and killings of unarmed Black people, including George Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Kentucky. Like Floyd's case, Arbery's slaying was captured in a graphic cellphone video that sparked ...

  • Breonna Taylor supporters relieved by charges against police involved in her killing

    Breonna Taylor supporters relieved by charges against police involved in her killing

    Aug 05, 2022 11:01 PM EST

    ... times. The spring and summer of 2020 became a time of reckoning over how police treat Black communities. Protesters shouted Taylor's name along with that of George Floyd, a Black man who died from suffocation three months after Taylor when a white Minneapolis police officer kneeled on his neck.

  • News Wrap: Manchin, Schumer reach deal to address health care, climate change, the deficit

    News Wrap: Manchin, Schumer reach deal to address health care, climate change, the deficit

    Jul 27, 2022 10:50 PM EST

    Judy Woodruff: As that hearing continued, news came of a lengthy indictment in the Fourth of July parade shooting outside Chicago. The man accused of killing seven people and wounding more than 30 will face 117 felony counts. New federal prison sentences have been handed down in George Floyd's ...

  • News Wrap: Biden tests positive for COVID, experiences mild symptoms

    News Wrap: Biden tests positive for COVID, experiences mild symptoms

    Jul 21, 2022 10:55 PM EST

    ... a similar bill. A federal judge has sentenced a former Minneapolis police officer, Thomas Lane, to two-and-a-half years in prison for violating George Floyd's civil rights. Lane, who is awaiting sentencing on a state manslaughter charge, held Floyd's legs while another officer fatally knelt on ...